For one point, what is this car based on, and what powers it?
Experts - this is so easy?!
It's an Alvis TD based special.
Quite like it!
Quote from: Oswald on December 28, 2013, 07:03:01 AM
It's an Alvis TD based special.
Quite like it!
Easy! I hadn't noticed that the Alvis badge was still on the nose! Locked for you to tell me the date and the type of engine.
It's of 1961 vintage and said to be powered by a 5.7 litre (Ford?) V8 engine.
Quote from: Oswald on December 28, 2013, 07:17:38 AM
It's of 1961 vintage and said to be powered by a 5.7 litre (Ford?) V8 engine.
Correct. I have tried to find out what the engine is, but there is no info on the site. I'm guessing Chevvy Camaro but you get the point.
(PS - I love the Alvis TD/TE/TF series, they're properly engineered cars with a lot of style. It's a pity this one got made into a special. I hope it was because the body was beyond repair.)
Rear view:
This car will be auctioned in King's Lynn on Saturday 4th April; it has an estimate of £16-20000.
Apparently it has a 5.7 litre Chevy engine, Muncie 4-speed box and a Hurst shifter..
What's this car, powered by what - for 1 point?:
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Experts?
Rather neat! British with MGB underneath?
Quote from: richard cuyler on September 18, 2018, 09:51:59 AM
Rather neat! British with MGB underneath?
British but no MGB bits.
Jaguar bits?
The windscreen surround and the flat glass suggests MG Midget (or Sprite) donor, so it can't be very big. Is it a kit-car?
As far as I know it's not a kit-car but a one-off, but of course plenty of the bits used will have come from production cars no doubt.
Still trying to identify the base car - is it Triumph based?
Quote from: D-type on October 11, 2018, 11:10:31 AM
Still trying to identify the base car - is it Triumph based?
No, it's not Triumph-based.
Professionals?
Based on a car from BMC ?
Vauxhall-based ?
Ford-based ?
Based on a British car ?
Based on a car built after 1970 ?
Based on a car built after 1960 ?
Rootes group based?
Jaguar-based?
Rover-based ?
It's an Alvis tc21/100 special methinks.
Quote from: tobytwirl on October 26, 2018, 04:37:10 PM
It's an Alvis tc21/100 special methinks.
It is Alvis-based, yes!
But not a TC21.
Locked fo ryou to look into.
The website I found it on was evidently short on facts.It is actually built around a 1961 Alvis TD21 Series 2 chassis & powered by a 350bhp 5.7 litre small block Chevy V8 mated to a Muncie 4‑spd manual transmission.
That's right, yes.
Hence the only 2 questions I could ask were what it was based on and what powered it.. I tried to find out who built it but without success. It was probably Alvis-powered from when it was built in 1969 until 2008 when it was fitted with the V8.
1 point for you!
This has been a previous puzzle, but I can't find it!
Has anyone any idea who built this car?
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